Top Romance and Romantasy of the Year So Far
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
59th out of 1,895 books — 1,780 voters
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter RodneyBlood River by Tim ButcherKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThey Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van SertimaThe Frontlines of Peace by Severine Autesserre
Africa - Nonfiction
15th out of 402 books — 164 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
88th out of 632 books — 294 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Books About Colonialism
59th out of 691 books — 242 voters

Problems with Atonement by Stephen FinlanThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonBlack Skin, White Masks by Frantz FanonIn My Father's House by Kwame Anthony AppiahPhilosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey by Amy Jacques-Garvey
Philosophia Africana: Black Philosphers
24th out of 71 books — 28 voters
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo FreireThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonDecolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai SmithDiscourse on Colonialism by Aimé CésaireThe Invention of Africa by V.Y. Mudimbe
Decolonizing the mind
6th out of 46 books — 11 voters

Conquering Your Quarter-Life Crisis by Kali RogersThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson1984 by George OrwellThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxFeel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers
Books that will change you.
84th out of 94 books — 7 voters
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed HanifA Dictator Calls by Ismail KadareA History of Reading by Alberto ManguelFelon by Reginald Dwayne BettsFree by Lea Ypi
Dua Lipa's Manifesto Library
41st out of 100 books — 1 voter

The Fire Next Time by James BaldwinBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
Nonfiction under 200 pages
46th out of 70 books — 12 voters
Cujo by Stephen KingThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingGorky Park by Martin Cruz SmithRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best Books of 1981
319th out of 326 books — 163 voters

Who Hears Here? by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.Bad Feminist by Roxane GayBecoming by Michelle ObamaBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Nonfiction for Black History Month & Beyond
127th out of 170 books — 17 voters
Breaking the Bias of English by Vivian R. ProbstThe Language of Flowers by Vanessa DiffenbaughThe Awful German Language / Die schreckliche deutsche Sprache by Mark TwainAlice in Wonderland by Abraham EttlesonThe Horse, the Wheel, and Language by David W. Anthony
"Language"
30th out of 317 books — 30 voters

Prejudice, Racism, and Tribalism by Anthony M. D'AgostinoThe Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King Jr.Assata by Assata ShakurBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Black Archives: All Power To the People! Reading List
78th out of 83 books — 13 voters
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz FanonHow Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter RodneyThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonDecolonising the University by Gurminder K. BhambraDecolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Decolonize Art and Academy
30th out of 42 books — 7 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyBeowulf by UnknownMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Grey Daze
192nd out of 769 books — 110 voters
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftAnimal Farm by George OrwellMiddlemarch by George EliotThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Observer: 100 Political Classics That Shaped The Modern Era
61st out of 100 books — 8 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
farnam street blog recommendations
49th out of 74 books — 4 voters
Explicación de la Noche by Edem AwumeyMurambi, el libro de los huesos by Boubacar Boris DiopLa confesión de la leona by Mia CoutoOur Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata AidooLa última noche del Rais by Yasmina Khadra
Sugerencias para un Día del Libro muy africano
17th out of 22 books — 1 voter

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyModernity at Large by Arjun AppaduraiMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieObasan by Joy Kogawa
National and Transnational Studies Book List
29th out of 37 books — 4 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderStamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. KendiWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Black Lives Matter Library
119th out of 162 books — 35 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
1476th out of 2,221 books — 1,667 voters
Annihilation of Caste by B.R. AmbedkarOut of America by Keith B. RichburgThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Dance of Deception by Harriet LernerBeing Different Together by Melissa E. Steyn
Diversity Studies
20th out of 115 books — 9 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books That Changed My World
2627th out of 3,297 books — 3,394 voters


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